Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Nose is out of sight and very Chinon. Tobacco leaf, smoke, herbals, light cassis and mineral. Palate is juicy, dark and olivey as the name clarifies. Energetic and sappy but better in 5 years as holding back. — 14 days ago

Carter Snead

9.3

Laetare Sunday 2026 — 2 months ago

with Leigh and John

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2019 vintage. Last tasted 3.8.25 (9.6) and 8.19.23 (9.5). Excellent fill and great cork. Decanted and tasted after 30 minutes. Small amount of chunky sed. Medium-heavy body but starting to slowly thin out. Excellent colo(u)r. Alongside the roasted nuts and smoked meats flavors, this drops a current cola-nut driven finish. Smooth and harmonious. Love this producer along with a nod to consumers/wine trade for keeping these ridiculous pricings down. 10.10.25. — 7 months ago

Sharon B

9.6

Absolutely delicious! Perfect poolside white, very refreshing and light. Bought this at a “books & bottles” store yesterday in Tampa. Will definitely have to go back and get more! — 24 days ago

with Denise

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2022 vintage. Sampled via Coravin. Medium-medium heavy body. Vineyard from the highest point in Gevrey-Chambertin. Gorgeous throughout already with surprising, back-end spice fest. Tannins slightly muted but started to creep out after a few minutes in the glass. This likes to speed and is going places. 1.30.26. — 4 months ago

Michelle Berryman

9.4

Fabulous, paired with beef Wellington — 2 years ago

J Choi

9.3

Should decant. Finesse. — 2 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2014 | true to type Cabernet franc. In drinking window. — 2 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2018 | Golden colour, much more coloured than I expected. Very balanced taste. Lovely. Needs not to be cellared longer. Diam corked. — 5 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

A dense bright ruby in colour. Initially vanilla/oak notes which blew off with time in decanter. Dense rich and brooding - not giving much aromatically. Tight and muscular. Behaves younger than 7 years. Made by the redoubtable Rene Barbier, one of the founders of the revitalised Priorat movement as shown in the excellent documentary “Dreaming of Wine”. Full bodied and flavoursome. Rich and herbal - predominantly ripe Garnacha grapes. Red and black fruits. Had a wonderful visit there last year with the family and an informative tour and tasting at Clos Mogador. I love the fact that they have kept their wines affordable unlike their Priorat colleagues Alvaro Palacios (L’Ermita) and Daphne Glorian (Clos Erasmus) whose wines are quite expensive. This Mogador is so not ready to drink! Needs time in the cellar. Disagree with Thomas Matthews Drinking window of 2019 to 2024. Personally I think this wine will cruise through to 2030. I will leave the last one for around another 4 years. — 3 years ago